Israel kills 5 Al Jazeera journalists in airstrike, claiming one worked for Hamas

The IDF said it killed a man in Gaza posing as an Al Jazeera journalist, but the network said Anas al-Sharif was a journalist and that he and four other staff members were killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike.

Five Al Jazeera journalists were killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Sunday, the network said, with the Israel Defense Forces claiming one was a Hamas leader posing as a journalist.

The network said that Anas al-Sharif; another journalist, Mohammed Qreiqeh; and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa were killed.

The network reported that they died “in a targeted Israeli strike on a tent housing journalists in Gaza City.” The Al Jazeera Media Network said in a statement that the killings were a "targeted assassination."

Al-Jazeera's Anas al-Sharif speaking during an AFP interview in Gaza City earlier this month. AFP via Getty ImagesAl-Sharif and the other journalists were stationed opposite the Al-Shifa Hospital complex when they were killed, the statement said.

A video shared on social media and verified by NBC News showed a group of men carrying and laying a man's body on the ground shortly after the attack, small embers burning the edges of his pants. They can be heard saying Mohammed Qreiqeh.